Good Batman Novels

[Batgort]

Are there any good batman novels out there?

 

[kooguy911]

graphic novels or actual like book novels?

 

[Flash-er]

I actually liked the book Batman: Rise of Sin Zsu. The game sucked, but the book wasn't bad at all.

 

[Soundwave88]

didnt Jim Lee had something to do with it?

 

[Flash-er]

All he did was create the character, Sin Zsu. I don't even know if he created his history or just the design of the character.

 

[CConn]

The No Man's Land novelization by Greg Rucka is pretty excellent.

 

[Fledermaus]

I've been told that the Knightfall novelization is good. Never read it. I have a book called "Tales of the Batman" with a lot of Batman short stories. I've only read a few. They're pretty good.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

Batman: Dead White was pretty good, too.

 

[Spider-Kurt!]

Batman: Dead White was pretty good, too.

What was that about? I've been thinking of buying novels as well.I've heard Forensic Files has some good stories in it.

 

[LennonMcCartney]

Knightfall is REALLY well done. The best Batman novel I have read. Go out and get it. I got Forensic Files from the library and put it down after the introduction. The book may have good stories, but it was SO POORLY WRITTEN. I forgot the author's name, he is pretty established in the industry and a good writer, however he kept reusing the same words over and over again. The word "Filth" was used three times on a page when describing the murder of the Waynes. The novel begings almost with a disclamer written by Bruce that the book my come across as melodramatic to emphasis what he felt like during pivotal moments of his life, but the introduction put such a bad taste in my mouth. It is repetative, melodramatic, and comes across as if it was written by a 14 year old. I realized it was not worth my time. If don't have a lot of time and you have to pick and choose what books you read, don't read Forensic Files.

 

[Spider-Kurt!]

Hmmm. Thanks Lennon!

 

[trustyside-kick]

Hmmm...would War on Crime count? It is done by Alex Ross and it isn't a novel but it isn't a traditional comic either; the style is unique. Great read and amazing art.

 

[Batgort]

I was mainly looking for actual novels (no comics), though certainly somewhere in between (that Alex Ross book?) might be interesting...

I really do enjoy the novels a lot -- I got addicted to the star wars prequel novels and bought / read each one of them. The novel has a lot of room to explore different aspects of the character that can't fit in a comic or graphic novel.

 

[kooguy911]

graphic novels are just as good as novels.

Try reading one and youll realise that.

 

[Batgort]

I alread do, I got about a dozen graphic novels, now I'm looking to expand into novels.

 

[Tablenn]

I put down Batman: Dead White after only a few pages. Sorry I bought it, had high hopes seeing a new novel out.

 

[watsonlives]

One that I liked was Batman: Ultimate Evil By Andrew Vachss. They adapted it into a graphic novel, but the book is better. I have also read Batman: the Stone King by Alan Grant, but it wasn't very good. The No Mans Land adaptation by Greg Rucka and the Knightfall adaptaion by Denny Oniel are also very good.I would also recommend the novelization of Batman Begins, It goes into a lot of details and backstory for the movie that the film didn't have time to show on screen.